This paper introduces the basic melodic contour representation methods. After comparing several commonly used audio file formats,we summarize the advantages of using MIDI format file as the source to extract melody. Methods to identify the MIDI channel with main melody information are also introduced. Finally the paper analyses the definition and importance of musical sentence and proposes the model of music melody representation and extraction.
金毅,黄敏. 基于旋律的音乐检索研究——旋律特征的表达和提取*[J]. 现代图书情报技术, 2003, 19(4): 49-51.
Jin Yi,Huang Min. Study on the Melody Based Retrieval of Music——Representation and Extraction of the Melodic Features. New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2003, 19(4): 49-51.